Monthly Archives: April, 2021

An empty space in the calendar can feel less like freedom than another task waiting for instructions. Even pleasure becomes an appointment we promise to keep once everything else settles. AMMARI’s “Honey Rivers” challenges that bargain between happiness and control. The London-based singer-songwriter, originally from Russia, released her debut single. Its indie pop and soft rock direction accompanies an invitation to loosen our grip, rather than...

Beauty can stop feeling personal when pleasing others becomes its goal. A choice becomes a duty. But who gets to decide when someone has done enough? That question offers a way into “Plastic Angels”, the single The Cunning Linguists. The Sydney trio addresses modern beauty standards and the pressures they place on women. Instead of praising an ideal, they question the demands behind it. The single directs...